Data for 1975

Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1975

Name: Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1975
Creator: World Bank Group
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1975, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1975 covers 131 countries. Brunei is highest, at 65.51544; 9 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00000. The middle country reads 3.90347. Against 1974, 119 values changed (56 up, 63 down), 3 countries joined, 1 left.

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Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP) · Data for 1975

HighestBrunei

65.51544

Lowest9 countries share it

0.00000

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

131countries
1measure
1975the year it describes
123distinct values20 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1975, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1975: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	65.51544
2	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	63.72311
3	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	62.76222
4	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	59.57200
5	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	58.25466
6	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	54.38395
7	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	38.14496
8	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	37.58150
9	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	32.26042
10	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	29.01642
11	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	25.32905
12	Venezuela`VEN`South America	24.89150
13	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	23.70503
14	Guyana`GUY`South America	20.63386
15	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	20.54044
16	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	20.26322
17	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	19.92041
18	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	17.37419
19	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	17.06464
20	Suriname`SUR`South America	16.56930
21	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	15.48889
22	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	14.64357
23	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	13.55339
24	Chile`CHL`South America	13.24006
25	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	12.74378
26	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	12.34414
27	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	11.88741
28	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	10.90643
29	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	10.77639
30	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	10.68308
31	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	10.64618
32	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	10.46012
33	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	10.06265
34	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	9.72862
35	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	9.10473
36	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	8.97344
37	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	8.76669
38	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	8.75282
39	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	8.24812
40	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	8.01135
41	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	7.95166
42	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	7.81182
43	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	7.33042
44	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	7.25532
45	Honduras`HND`Central America	7.06121
46	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	7.00724
47	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	6.71984
48	Ecuador`ECU`South America	6.53097
49	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	5.86845
50	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	5.73988
51	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.68187
52	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5.51700
53	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	5.33593
54	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	4.95330
55	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4.87851
56	Bolivia`BOL`South America	4.71569
57	Canada`CAN`Northern America	4.63818
58	Colombia`COL`South America	4.63550
59	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4.59536
60	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4.56504
61	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	4.52463
62	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	4.50438
63	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	4.30962
64	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	4.18218
65	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	4.14875
66	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.90347
67	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3.48921
68	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3.43610
69	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	3.38833
70	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	3.26768
71	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	3.25717
72	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3.25262
73	United States`USA`Northern America	3.23053
74	India`IND`Southern Asia	3.12531
75	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3.07991
76	Peru`PER`South America	2.91620
77	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2.76655
78	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2.66673
79	Argentina`ARG`South America	2.41762
80	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2.16733
81	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2.04875
82	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.00568
83	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.79903
84	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.77292
85	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1.62234
86	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.62173
87	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.42605
88	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.33558
89	Belize`BLZ`Central America	1.21772
90	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1.06491
91	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.04639
92	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.97697
93	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.91659
94	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.78751
95	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.78614
96	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.77631
97	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.77222
98	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.76428
99	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.70922
100	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.64605
101	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.58750
102	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.58450
103	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.46442
104	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.44610
105	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.44461
106	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.33649
107	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.33413
108	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.28757
109	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.26423
110	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.24524
111	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.23820
112	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.20614
113	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.18525
114	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.15947
115	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.06279
116	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.06270
117	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.04033
118	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.01061
119	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.00860
120	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.00392
121	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.00208
122	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.00001
=123	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.00000
=123	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.00000
=123	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.00000
=123	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.00000
=123	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.00000
=123	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.00000
=123	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.00000
=123	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.00000
=123	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00000

02In 1975

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Brunei65.51544
2Qatar63.72311
3Kuwait62.76222
4Iraq59.57200
5Oman58.25466

Lowest

123Seychellesshared0.00000
123Puerto Ricoshared0.00000
123Maltashared0.00000
123Monacoshared0.00000
123Liechtensteinshared0.00000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3.90347. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031974 → 1975

Since 1974

What changed between 1974 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −1countries joined / left
119values changed, of 128 in both
56 · 63rose · fell
9unchanged

Rose most

Eswatini8.36767 → 14.64357+6.27590
Malaysia24.87592 → 29.01642+4.14050
New Caledonia6.61056 → 10.68308+4.07252
Lesotho7.23590 → 10.64618+3.41028
Malawi5.87192 → 8.97344+3.10152

Fell most

Greenland46.90688 → 10.06265−36.84423
Zambia31.75379 → 12.74378−19.01001
Saudi Arabia67.52072 → 54.38395−13.13676
Republic of the Congo29.52415 → 17.06464−12.45951
Suriname28.46058 → 16.56930−11.89128

+ United Arab Emirates

+ Cyprus

+ Tonga

− Cambodia

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1975.
123 distinct values among 131
Values are stored exactly as published, to 20 decimals. 9 countries share 0.00000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 131 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (1975). Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP), 1975 [data set], describing 1975. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/natural-resources-rents/1975

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